GoldenVanity

The Golden Vanity
　　　　　　Sea Chanty
　　　　　　Arrange:　Alice Parker
　　　　さだ男声合唱団　Sada oneman chior
　　　　（さださんが１人で４パート）　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　さだ男声合唱団目次へ

There was a ship that sailed all on the lowland sea
And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
And we feared she would be taken by the Spanish enemy
As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland, lowland
Sailed upon the lowland sea

Then up spoke our cabinboy and boldly out spoke he
And he said to our captain "What will you give to me
If I swim along the side of the Spanish enemy
And I sink her in the lowland sea?"

"Oh, I will give you silver and I will give you gold
And my own fair daughter your bonny bride shall be
If you'll swim along the side of the Spanish enemy
And you'll sink her in the lowland, lowland, lowland
Sink her in the lowland sea

Then the boy he made him ready and overboard sprang he
And he swam to the side of the Spanish enemy
With his brace and auger in her side he bored holes three
And sank he her in the lowland sea

Then quickly he swam back to the cheering of the crew
But the captain would not heed him, his promise he did rue
And he scorned his poor entreatings when loudly he did sue
And left him in the lowland, lowland, lowland
Left him in the lowland sea

Then the boy he turned round and he swam to the port side
And up to his messmates full bitterly he cried
"O, messmates, draw me up, for I'm drifting with the tide
And I'm sinking in the lowland, lowland, lowland
Sinking in the lowland sea

Then his messmates drew him up, but on the deck he died
And they stitched him in a hammock which was so fair and white
And they low'red him overboard, and he drifted with the tide
And he sank into the lowland, lowland, lowland
Sank into the lowland sea

As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland, lowland
Sailed upon the lowland sea

昔々、ローランドの海を行く船がありました
その船の名は Golden Vanity（黄金の虚しさ）
ある時スペインの船に出くわしました
どうしよう、やられてしまうと船長は心配しました
船はローランドの海を航行していました

するとキャビンボーイが進み出て言いました
もしもスペインの敵の船までまで泳いで行って、
敵の船を沈めてきたら、なにをくれますか？
と船長に尋ねました,

船長は答えて言いました。もしスペインの敵の船まで泳いで行って、
敵の船を沈めてきたら、金銀財宝だけでなく、
わしの可愛い娘も嫁にくれてやろう！

それを聞いたキャビンボーイはザブンと海に飛び込んで、
敵の船の船べりまで泳ぎ、船底に３つの穴を開けて、
ローランドの海に沈めてしまいました
少年は敵の船をローランドの海に沈めてしまいました

?この後、こんな話が続きます?
　　目の前の不安がなくなった船長は、
　　少年に褒美をやるのが惜しくなり、
　　戻ってきた彼を船に引き上げず、
　　力尽きた少年は溺れ死んでしまいました
　　それ以来この船は Golden Vanity と呼ばれるようになりました